A park in Xining in Qinghai province. [Photo/VCG] XINING - Chinese scientists have successfully grown peanuts in Northwest China's high-altitude Qinghai province for the first time, local authorities said. In a demonstrative project hosted by the Qinghai Academy of Agriculture and Foresty Sciences, researchers have been conducting trial planting of several crops including ginger and peanuts since March. Five peanut varieties were tested to pick out the best. The peanuts are growing well with few diseases and pests, which proves that peanut planting is possible in greenhouses on the Qinghai plateau, said Huang Pingui, deputy-director with husbandry and poverty relief and development bureau of Huangzhong County. The yield per plant is expected to be between 220 and 350 grams, making the peanut yield per mu (about 0.07 hectares) reach at least 500 kilograms, Huang added. As a warm-weather plant, peanuts usually require a long, hot growing season and loose sandy soil to develop in. The trial success of peanut planting marks a breakthrough in agriculture in the barren land of Qinghai province. It offers the farmers another option in greenhouse vegetable planting, and optimizes the structure of the vegetable industry in the region, the local official said. custom sports braceletspurple rubber braceletcustom wrist bandscustomized rubber braceletssilicone medical alert bracelet diabetes
Participants learn about the latest fungi products at the 2018 China (Sanmenxia) International Mushroom New Products and Technology Expo & Rare Morel Industry Development Forum in Sanmenxia on April 11, 2018. [Photo/smx.gov.cn] ZHENGZHOU -- The populous central Henan province vows to help 1.1 million people in rural areas shake off poverty this year, the provincial government said. The province plans to lift a total of 2,365 impoverished villages out of poverty, and relocate 62,900 people from poverty-stricken communities to more developed areas. One million people were lifted out of poverty in Henan last year, under government measures, including creating job opportunities, developing industries, relocating people from inhospitable areas and offering allowances to the poor, elderly and sick. By the end of 2017, Henan still had more than 2.21 million people in rural areas living below the poverty line. Henan is one of China's most populous provinces, with a population of around 100 million people. China aims to lift all rural people out of poverty by 2020 to create a moderately prosperous society. There were around 30 million Chinese still living below the national poverty line at the end of last year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
